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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1951
Page
5
The City Engineering Department set bids to be received at noon today for a well field improvement tied to the Waterworks program, finalizing a 1.5 million dollar project. Bids will open at noon Wednesday for lighting the Middletown Airport runway funded jointly by the city and the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
New England crews landed close to one billion pounds of commercial fish in 1949, reflecting a record season across regional shores. Fishermen reported robust catches in cod, haddock, and whiting, with shore plants and markets adapting to the high volume.
Forest Wolf 61 of 2017 Carolina Street Mayfield died at 4 30 am after a yearlong illness. He worked 26 years for Raymond Bay Company and attended Gods Community Church. Survived by wife Ethel M Wolf daughter Mrs Ralph Cleasy Germantown son Wendel West Middletown brother William H Wolf Mason sister Mrs Stella Margerum Middletown and seven grandchildren. Friends may call at Arpo Funeral Home Germantown after 7 pm Tuesday funeral arrangements incomplete.
James Robert Ferguson three month old son of Mr and Mrs James Ferguson of 1506 Church Street died at Middletown Hospital at 5 a m. today. Survived by sister Gloria and grandparents Mrs Roetta Ferguson and Mr and Mrs Thomas Downs. Services 2 p m Wednesday at the Downs residence 223 Park Street with Rev C T Walters officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the Dowss residence after noon Tuesday.
William Earl Beachler 76 died at 10 30 a m Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs Ivan Kingery Farmersville Route 1 after six weeks illness. A lifelong Jackson County resident and retired farmer, he had lived with his daughter since his wife's death four years ago. Services set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at the Kingery residence followed by service
Burial will take place at Holy Cemetery following a 2 p.m. service at St. Andrews Lutheran Church. Friends may visit the family home after 7 o'clock tonight.
Glenn Stevens infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stevens of Franklin Red Lion Road died 13 hours after birth at Grandview Hospital Dayton. Graveside service set for 4 p m Tuesday at Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon at Eaton Funeral Home before services.
James H Mills 56 interior decorator was found dead at his home 22 South East Street. Coroner Dr H M Williams ruled heart disease. He leaves widow Maude two daughters Ruth Mills and Mellwood Parker two sons James and Melvin two brothers and three sisters. Services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial at South Lebanon Cemetery. Family may call until service time.
New York Charles Henry Davis 86 civil engineer who first advocated and designed tunnels under the Hudson River. Southampton Goodhue Livingston 84 architect of Hayden Planetarium St Regis Hotel and Equitable skyscrapers. Montreal Most Rev Gerald Murray 65 archbishop coadjutor Winnipeg. Reno Judge George A Bartlett 82 famed for 22 years granting divorces and author of Is Marriage Necessary. Chicago Chris O'Brien 69 pioneer of professional football Racine Cardinals evolved into Chicago Cardinals in 1921 under his ownership.
Nancy Howdyshell seven died in a hospital after she threw gasoline into a stove at home near New Lexington Ohio. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter H Howdyshell.
Case 25683 Estate of Jean Zabary deceased in Middletown Butler County Ohio. Hyman Hellman of Middletown appointed Administrator. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated May 21 1951 Judge Oscar R Leiser. Maxwell Finkleman attorney. May 28 June 4 11.
The Mother Church announced a new president for the coming year, Mrs. Lora C. Rathvon of Boston, as the church sought spiritual courage to meet global crises. Walter S. Cross, retiring president, spoke of a profound revolution in thought and the shift away from materialism toward spiritual understanding. The annual meeting drew about 7500 Christian Scientists from around the world to Boston, with affiliates from Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Canada, and the United States.
The Council Camporee ended yesterday with 252 Boy Scouts from Mound Builders Area Council in attendance. James Martin, camporee director, noted individual awards for all attendees. The event on Otterbein Home grounds on Route 741 saw three patrol prizes: Flaming Arrow Patrol Troop 43 baking, Beaver Patrol Troop 19 Scoutcraft, and Flying Eagle Patrol Troop 2 Inspection.
The Middletown Cancer Society executive board will hold a noon dinner meeting at the Manchester Hotel. They will hear the final report of the Campaign Committee of the 1951 Cancer Crusade, conducted during April.
Voyles G. Williams 41, a machinist at Armco Steel, was electrocuted Sunday while at a lake site after a guard was knocked from a controller on a lathe. A 15 year Armco employee and WWII veteran leaves a widow and one son.
Bellefontaine, AP report, notes a power outage lasting over two hours in a 10,000 resident city after a strike occurred within yards of the refinery and plant, triggering an electrical blackout and disruption to the area.
Corba L Haven is named in a divorce petition filed by Lela V Haven in the Common Pleas Court Butler County Ohio case 66639. Defendant must answer by June 16 1951 or petition granted. Also legal notice of a state highway project in Butler County with bid deadline June 19 1951 and required bid bond.
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